In 2018, when my pump firm left the trade, and my pump was developing on its 4-year guarantee expiration (see notice*), there have been solely two pumps obtainable to me, and neither of them was a present mannequin. A more recent mannequin was supposedly because of arrive in Eire “quickly”, however I made a decision my endurance had expired and joined the #WeAreNotWaiting neighborhood. By the way, that newer pump by no means made it to the Irish market.
My husband and I arrange my DIY closed-loop system in December 2018 (you possibly can learn extra about this journey right here and why right here ).
* Be aware: The well being service requires us to interchange our insulin pumps each 4 years as a result of that’s how lengthy the producers will assure them.
The DIYAPS system implies that I not take into consideration diabetes from the second I get up till I go to sleep, and has decreased the swings in my glucose ranges dramatically. It has been revolutionary.
The one downside with DIYAPS was that being open supply, the upkeep required updating the pc algorithms was time-consuming. In 2021, business APS, named Superior Hybrid Closed-Loop Techniques to tell apart them from DIYAPS, grew to become obtainable in Eire. So when my final insulin pump’s guarantee expired in 2022, I made a decision to return to the commercially obtainable accredited methods.
Superior Hybrid Closed Loop System, 2022
I began utilizing a business Superior Hybrid Closed Loop System in July of 2022. The largest distinction between this and DIYAPS is that I’ve buyer assist from the producer as an alternative of crowd-sourcing issues on social media. It’s nonetheless not an ideal substitute for what my very own physique ought to do; I nonetheless have bother balancing insulin and bodily exercise, however for probably the most half, my glucose ranges are secure. There are a few little issues that might imply quite a bit that I wish to see advance within the system I exploit however I do know a few of them in very near being obtainable so I’m now a really affected person particular person 😉